Meta-ecosystems: a theoretical framework for a spatial ecosystem
... hierarchical organization, a landscape can be studied from a number of different perspectives, including purely descriptive pattern-centred approaches that ignore spatial flows among component ecosystems. By contrast, the metaecosystem concept defines a specific approach to reality. It focuses on th ...
... hierarchical organization, a landscape can be studied from a number of different perspectives, including purely descriptive pattern-centred approaches that ignore spatial flows among component ecosystems. By contrast, the metaecosystem concept defines a specific approach to reality. It focuses on th ...
Ecology and Food
... What are some of the key questions ecologists ask of nature? What determines the distribution and abundance of species and biodiversity? How does mass and energy move through living systems How do communities change in response to disturbance The processes of interaction between species and their en ...
... What are some of the key questions ecologists ask of nature? What determines the distribution and abundance of species and biodiversity? How does mass and energy move through living systems How do communities change in response to disturbance The processes of interaction between species and their en ...
BIOL 4120 Principles of Ecology
... Population ecology is the study of how groups of individuals (the same species) grow (or shrink) and reproduce. Depending on the nature of the species, many factors (food availability, competition, predation etc.) may affect population growth. Community ecology is the study of how populations from d ...
... Population ecology is the study of how groups of individuals (the same species) grow (or shrink) and reproduce. Depending on the nature of the species, many factors (food availability, competition, predation etc.) may affect population growth. Community ecology is the study of how populations from d ...
Heterogeneity
... underlying processes • Disturbance and fragmentation are closely allied, and have significant impacts on the environment • Heterogeneity is the main pattern in any landscape, & is inherent at all scales • “The uneven, non-random non-random distribution of objects” (Forman, 1995) • Since every patter ...
... underlying processes • Disturbance and fragmentation are closely allied, and have significant impacts on the environment • Heterogeneity is the main pattern in any landscape, & is inherent at all scales • “The uneven, non-random non-random distribution of objects” (Forman, 1995) • Since every patter ...
Diapositive 1
... production and processing systems, incorporating at the same time the economic sustainability of structures and territories, producing quality products, considering requirements of precision in sustainable viticulture, risks to the environment, products safety and consumer health and valuing of heri ...
... production and processing systems, incorporating at the same time the economic sustainability of structures and territories, producing quality products, considering requirements of precision in sustainable viticulture, risks to the environment, products safety and consumer health and valuing of heri ...
Chapter 13 Restoration Ecology
... Chapter 13 Restoration Ecology Restoration involves many methods designed to remediate damage to ecosystems. The amount of biodiversity indicates the health of an ecosystem. Restoring vital ecosystems and maintaining high levels of biodiversity ensure the ability of the ecosystem to recover from a s ...
... Chapter 13 Restoration Ecology Restoration involves many methods designed to remediate damage to ecosystems. The amount of biodiversity indicates the health of an ecosystem. Restoring vital ecosystems and maintaining high levels of biodiversity ensure the ability of the ecosystem to recover from a s ...
Full news release - The Open University
... Presented by natural history enthusiast Alan Titchmarsh, British Isles: A Natural History to be shown on BBC One, unravels the epic story of the evolution of the British Isles. Six of the eight British Isles: A Natural History programmes will be followed by regionally specific 10-minute programmes c ...
... Presented by natural history enthusiast Alan Titchmarsh, British Isles: A Natural History to be shown on BBC One, unravels the epic story of the evolution of the British Isles. Six of the eight British Isles: A Natural History programmes will be followed by regionally specific 10-minute programmes c ...
BIOS 213L: Ecology and Evolution
... Course Philosophy: This course is designed to give a general overview of the science of Ecology, as well as providing an understanding of the importance of evolution to the understanding of science. Ecology is a hands-on science, and the labs will provide you with a deeper understanding of the resea ...
... Course Philosophy: This course is designed to give a general overview of the science of Ecology, as well as providing an understanding of the importance of evolution to the understanding of science. Ecology is a hands-on science, and the labs will provide you with a deeper understanding of the resea ...
Evaluating Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes
... a fragmented landscape in northwest Wales. Data from the land cover module are represented in Figure 7a. The focal species module is used to define the areas of suitable habitat; in this example broadleaf woodlands are selected to represent habitat for a generic woodland species (Figure 7b). This mo ...
... a fragmented landscape in northwest Wales. Data from the land cover module are represented in Figure 7a. The focal species module is used to define the areas of suitable habitat; in this example broadleaf woodlands are selected to represent habitat for a generic woodland species (Figure 7b). This mo ...
7EUROLAG Abstracts Template
... Keywords: Coastal lagoons, transitional waters, coastal zone management, ecological processes (Arial 11 pt, list three to six keywords or key concepts) Coastal lagoons are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. Their particular features, which include shallowness, relative isolation and ...
... Keywords: Coastal lagoons, transitional waters, coastal zone management, ecological processes (Arial 11 pt, list three to six keywords or key concepts) Coastal lagoons are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. Their particular features, which include shallowness, relative isolation and ...
The Role of Flow in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape
... in the Everglades, originally consisted of a peat-based system of dense sawgrass ridges interspersed with adjacent and relatively open sloughs. These parallel ridges and sloughs existed in an organized pattern, oriented parallel to the flow direction, on a slightly sloping peatland. Unfortunately, c ...
... in the Everglades, originally consisted of a peat-based system of dense sawgrass ridges interspersed with adjacent and relatively open sloughs. These parallel ridges and sloughs existed in an organized pattern, oriented parallel to the flow direction, on a slightly sloping peatland. Unfortunately, c ...
Using Remote Sensing to Better Managing Wildlife
... • Major potential to use inexpensive, widely-available data, • Change detection - use of inexpensive high-frequency, coarseresolution data to strategically acquire expensive data, • Scale of objectives consistent with USGS, EPA, NOAA, PCA, • Potential for program-wide efficiencies in data processing ...
... • Major potential to use inexpensive, widely-available data, • Change detection - use of inexpensive high-frequency, coarseresolution data to strategically acquire expensive data, • Scale of objectives consistent with USGS, EPA, NOAA, PCA, • Potential for program-wide efficiencies in data processing ...
KGA172_L2.3_final
... Revising Lecture 2.2 1. Define ecosystem. Explain its etymology. In terms of helping us understand nature, why might it matter that ecosystem has the same origins [derivation] as household – from the Greek oikos? 2. How does Eugene Odum specifically describe ecology and in what ways is the idea of ...
... Revising Lecture 2.2 1. Define ecosystem. Explain its etymology. In terms of helping us understand nature, why might it matter that ecosystem has the same origins [derivation] as household – from the Greek oikos? 2. How does Eugene Odum specifically describe ecology and in what ways is the idea of ...
Fragmentation
... Edge effects The term "edge effect" was popularized by Aldo Leopold in his classic text Game Management (1933). The term refers to the fact that many organisms exhibit responses to the presence of habitat edges. Because edges represent the boundary between two habitat types, one may encounter repre ...
... Edge effects The term "edge effect" was popularized by Aldo Leopold in his classic text Game Management (1933). The term refers to the fact that many organisms exhibit responses to the presence of habitat edges. Because edges represent the boundary between two habitat types, one may encounter repre ...
BDC321_L04
... • Similar riparian growth on differing soil types can have different nutrient retention capacities • On sandy soils, riparian vegetation acts as a source of nutrients, whilst on clay soils, it acts as a sink • In terms of landscapes, this means that riparian growth can drive patch selection in neigh ...
... • Similar riparian growth on differing soil types can have different nutrient retention capacities • On sandy soils, riparian vegetation acts as a source of nutrients, whilst on clay soils, it acts as a sink • In terms of landscapes, this means that riparian growth can drive patch selection in neigh ...
Document
... several parasitoids and the correlation with isolation and patch size. It appeared that not all parasitoids were affected by fragmentation which was confirmed by the differences in colonisation rate of experimental plots on different distances from source populations by these species. Although rates ...
... several parasitoids and the correlation with isolation and patch size. It appeared that not all parasitoids were affected by fragmentation which was confirmed by the differences in colonisation rate of experimental plots on different distances from source populations by these species. Although rates ...
Landscape net Ecological Potential - Eionet Projects
... Ecosystem integrity1 has been defined as the ability of managed ecosystems to support and maintain balanced, integrated, adaptive biological communities having a species composition, diversity and functional organization comparable to that of a natural habitat in the region. Integrity is a key deter ...
... Ecosystem integrity1 has been defined as the ability of managed ecosystems to support and maintain balanced, integrated, adaptive biological communities having a species composition, diversity and functional organization comparable to that of a natural habitat in the region. Integrity is a key deter ...
reading-the-rocks-pages-3-6
... public rights of way or permissive paths, or are on access land (shaded yellow on new OS Explorer maps). Please follow the Countryside Code and Moorland Visitor’s Code (for more information on these and access land visit www.northpennines.org.uk). Please be particularly careful around quarries (both ...
... public rights of way or permissive paths, or are on access land (shaded yellow on new OS Explorer maps). Please follow the Countryside Code and Moorland Visitor’s Code (for more information on these and access land visit www.northpennines.org.uk). Please be particularly careful around quarries (both ...
The interplay of pollinator diversity, pollination services
... components and their arrangement at different spatial scales on pollinator diversity. Not much is currently known about the effects of corridors connecting isolated habitats (Haddad et al. 2003). In this context, a promising approach for future studies is the consideration of species traits as an ex ...
... components and their arrangement at different spatial scales on pollinator diversity. Not much is currently known about the effects of corridors connecting isolated habitats (Haddad et al. 2003). In this context, a promising approach for future studies is the consideration of species traits as an ex ...
Verification of trophic interactions Individually collected insects with
... diversity of interactions (H2, Rzanny & Voigt, 2012), nestedness (Bascompte et al., 2003) and the complementary specialization at network level (H2’, Blüthgen et al., 2008). Shannon diversity of interactions simply is the two-dimensional equivalent of the Shannon index (Rzanny & Voigt, 2012) and is ...
... diversity of interactions (H2, Rzanny & Voigt, 2012), nestedness (Bascompte et al., 2003) and the complementary specialization at network level (H2’, Blüthgen et al., 2008). Shannon diversity of interactions simply is the two-dimensional equivalent of the Shannon index (Rzanny & Voigt, 2012) and is ...
Marine Ecology Tentative Topic Schedule
... BOLT: https://bolt.bloomu.edu (BU’s Desire2Learn Site) Students should have a Google email address Course Description Interrelationships among animals, plants, and physical and chemical aspects of the environment will be studied, with stress on adaptations for survival, which are unique to the marin ...
... BOLT: https://bolt.bloomu.edu (BU’s Desire2Learn Site) Students should have a Google email address Course Description Interrelationships among animals, plants, and physical and chemical aspects of the environment will be studied, with stress on adaptations for survival, which are unique to the marin ...
Guide to Understanding Community Ecology
... and #6 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX. You should not begin the work on these activities until you have watched the videos. You must choose at least one activity from each column. You may earn up to a maximum of 100 points. All work must be original – no cop ...
... and #6 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNdTKZkV_GiIYXpV9w4WxbX. You should not begin the work on these activities until you have watched the videos. You must choose at least one activity from each column. You may earn up to a maximum of 100 points. All work must be original – no cop ...
Landscape ecology
Landscape ecology is the science of studying and improving relationships between ecological processes in the environment and particular ecosystems. This is done within a variety of landscape scales, development spatial patterns, and organizational levels of research and policy.As a highly interdisciplinary field in systems science, landscape ecology integrates biophysical and analytical approaches with humanistic and holistic perspectives across the natural sciences and social sciences. Landscapes are spatially heterogeneous geographic areas characterized by diverse interacting patches or ecosystems, ranging from relatively natural terrestrial and aquatic systems such as forests, grasslands, and lakes to human-dominated environments including agricultural and urban settings. The most salient characteristics of landscape ecology are its emphasis on the relationship among pattern, process and scale, and its focus on broad-scale ecological and environmental issues. These necessitate the coupling between biophysical and socioeconomic sciences. Key research topics in landscape ecology include ecological flows in landscape mosaics, land use and land cover change, scaling, relating landscape pattern analysis with ecological processes, and landscape conservation and sustainability.